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Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/mélit
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Proto-Indo-European
Noun
*mélit n[1][2]
- honey
- Synonyms: *kn̥h₂ónks, *médʰu
Inflection
| Athematic, amphikinetic | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| singular | |||
| nominative | *mélit | ||
| genitive | *m̥lités | ||
| singular | dual | plural | |
| nominative | *mélit | — | — |
| vocative | *mélit | — | — |
| accusative | *mélit | — | — |
| genitive | *m̥lités | — | — |
| ablative | *m̥lités | — | — |
| dative | *m̥litéy | — | — |
| locative | *mélit, *méliti | — | — |
| instrumental | *m̥litéh₁ | — | — |
Alternative reconstructions
- *mélid[3]
Descendants
- Proto-Albanian: *melita (see there for further descendants)
- Anatolian:
- Hittite: [script needed] (militt-) / [script needed] (malitt-)
- Luwian: [script needed] (mallit-)
- Palaic: [script needed] (mallitanna-)
- Armenian:
- Old Armenian: մեղր (mełr)
- Old Armenian: մեղու (mełu, “bee”)
- Proto-Celtic: *meli (see there for further descendants)
- Proto-Germanic: *mili (see there for further descendants)
- Hellenic:
- Ancient Greek: μέλι (méli) (see there for further descendants)
- Proto-Italic: *meli
- Latin: mel (see there for further descendants)
- →? Proto-Turkic: *bal
References
- Kroonen, Guus (2013) Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN
- De Vaan, Michiel (2008) Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN
- Ringe, Donald (2006) From Proto-Indo-European to Proto-Germanic (A Linguistic History of English; 1), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 127